"I Fear All We Have Done Is To Awaken A Sleeping Giant, And Fill Him With A Terrible Resolve..."

[TrollBuster9090]

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve." --Isoroku Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto's famous quote after successfully attacking Pearl Harbor. I'd put today's quote more crudely. Gun nuts...you just fucked with the wrong people. Sadly, the moral of the story is: you can successfully fight gun control efforts after a bunch of CHILDREN have been murdered by a nutcase with an AR-15, and you only have to stare down grieving parents. But if you fuck with TEENAGERS, you've created another REVOLUTION. By trying to oppose, appease, confuse, or obfuscate THEM, you're in for a TWENTY YEAR revolution. They won't stop fighting you until they're in their 40s!

If there is any demographic in our society that's willing to say "the Emperor has no clothes" it's the teenagers. They're not going to be scared off by any dumbass talking points about The Federalist Papers, or the Constitution or Bill of Rights, or what constitutes a "well organized Militia." They're not going to back down just because you wave a stupid TREE OF LIBERTY misquote in their faces. They're not going to throw their hands up and say "it must be god's will," or be fooled into thinking this is about ideology, political correctness, or anything other than simple BAD PUBLIC POLICY.

Bravo to the next generation. You've got plenty of faults, but none when it comes to the IMPORTANT things.

[meadowlander]

1. And they're not going to be told "Now is not the time to talk about this."

[treestar]

3. A good point about that

Now that Columbine was 20 years ago, maybe it is time we can talk about that one? Sandy Hook was 5 years ago, so now we can talk about that one? Vegas?

[quartz007]

5. Money talks especially in politics

The gun fanatics in NRA have much more money than the students who have little cash and many not old enough to vote. Realistically a new entity is needed who can outmatch NRA campaign cash.

[sheshe2]

13. Well..3 days

In just 3 days, Parkland students have raised $3.7 million. Here's how they'll spend it

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/us/iyw-march-for-our-lives-gofundme-trnd/index.html

The NRA is losing sponsors by the droves. Their purse is getting pinched.

Enough!

[quartz007]

22. I hope at a minimum, laws are passed which

make all semi-automatic high capacity guns such as the AR-15 become illegal to sell or even possess. There is only one use for the AR-15 which is to destroy human body. It is a military weapon designed for combat. It is NOT a hunting rifle.

[Leith]

12. Yeah, That Line Is Laughable and Always Has Been

Not the time to talk about it? Why? Our of respect for the victims' feelings? Those teenagers ARE the victims - and they want to talk about it. It doesn't seem likely that they feel respected because the stooges in DC and NRA headquarters want to be quiet and lay low for an indeterminate amount of time.

[Skittles]

2. they have plenty of faults?

don't we all?

[TrollBuster9090]

4. Yes. But as I said, THEIR flaws are just petty ones. Not MAJOR ones, like the older generation. nt

[CTyankee]

6. Yep. This is the future you idiots. They will deal with you soon enough and it won't be pretty for

you, I can assure you this.

[TrollBuster9090]

8. Republicans are in 'smash and grab' mode. They know this is their last hurrah.

There's no question that the GOP is going to go down like the Titanic, after hitting this giant orange iceberg. But what worries me is the thought that the GOP will disappear, and the public will simply allow the same gang of plutocrats, kleptocrats, and petty crooks to re-brand themselves as a different party. And all will be forgotten. Maybe the Libertarian Party?

[Glorfindel]

7. From your mouth to God's ears, TrollBuster9090!

I love, admire, and respect these fearless teenagers and will do anything I can to help.

[TrollBuster9090]

9. Thank you! nt

[procon]

10. I'm amazed by the courage and comportment of that young man, Cameron Kasky,

for standing on that stage in front of a live audience, in front of millions of TV viewers, and calmly confronting that lying Rubio to his face. Well done!

[Neema]

11. I'm in my forties and I'm not stopping. They won't either, unless of course they've already

succeeded in crushing the NRA and all the politicians they've bought.

[gordianot]

14. I compare this to people being told to go to the back of the bus.

Or back in the 1960’s signs at lunch counters declaring the proprietors right to decline service.

Now kids are being told they need armed teachers in order to survive massacres because politicians are for sale.

The wheel turns.

[fierywoman]

15. Teenagers with major gravitas because they, unlike the

fucked up right wing, actually dodged those bullets from that war machine.

[X_Digger]

16. Until they go back to eating tide pods for youtube views. n/t

[Srkdqltr]

20. X digger

That is a supremely shitty thing to say

[Old Terp]

17. This old Grammy whose marching days are over adds her cheers to these young people.

The check is in the mail.

[Honeycombe8]

18. I hope they remember, when they're able to vote.

Ironic if the GOP ended up creating a generation of ....LIBERALS.

[BlueIdaho]

19. This new generation of young adults are not impressed

With $1,000 suits, Bullshit answers, or how long some asshole has been in Congress. As they find their voice their drumbeat will grow. They cut their teeth on social media and they have tremendous spirits. Our job is to have their back and keep them safe.

I am so proud of these young people.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I am VERY proud of these teenagers who are standing up and who won't stop.

They are the future.

SO PROUD.